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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY n. BAKER, or nuFFALo, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TO I-IARv YnELAKEsLEE, or SAME PLACE.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent- No. 432,591, dated July22, 1890. Application filed March S, 189th $erial No. 343,114. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY l-I. BAKER, J12, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to adjustable cuffholders which permit the cuffto be adjusted without requiring manipulation of the holder or itsremoval from the shirt-sleeve or cuff.

My invention has for its object to provide a cuff-holder of simpleconstruction which can be cheaply produced and which permits the cuff tobe conveniently adjusted to project any desired distance beyond the coatsleeve.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of myimproved cuffholder applied to a cult and shirt-sleeve. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the holder. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the loopor button which connects the ends of the wristband and forms part of thecuff-holder. Fig. e is 2 5 a fragmentary longitudinal section of theadjustable bar of the holder.

Like letters of reference refer to likeparts in the several figures.

A represents the shirt-sleeve or wrist-band and B a cuff.

0 represents the adjustable bar or shank of the holder, the frontportion of which is doubled or bent back upon itself and provided at ornear its end with a button or stud c,

5 which passes through the rear button-holes of the cuff from the innerside thereof, as represented in Fig. 1. The button of the bar 0 ispreferably formed in one piece with the bar, and is composed of tworeverse tongues or lips c 0', cut outof the end portion of the bar andbent upwardly side by side to form the shank of the button, and thenceoutwardly in opposite directions at right angles to the shank to formthe head of the button,

as clearly represented in Fig. 4. The tongues constituting the button 0are stamped at one operation with the bar before the latter is bent uponitself. This construction forms a neat button and avoids the use ofsolder,

1 thereby materially reducing the cost of producing the holder. j Drepresents a flat rectangular loop at tachcd to the wristband of theshirt-sleeve and through which the adjustable baror shank 0 passes. Thisloop is provided on its rear side with a button or stud (Z, which passesthrough the button-holes of the wristband, so as to connect the ends ofthe latter.

c represents a spring or elastic tongue, formed with or secured to theloop D and providedou its innerside within the loop with a teat, catch,or projection f, which enters one of a series of indentations or holesg, formed in the adjacent face of the adjustable bar 0 and extendin glengthwise thereof. The spring 6 is preferably constructed integral withthe loop D and formed by cutting a slit through the face of the loop, asrepresented in the drawings, and bending inwardly the tongue of metal soproduced. The spring-tongue re tains the projection f in the indentationor opening of the adjustable bar with sufficient security to preventaccidental displacement of the bar in the loop, while permitting the barto be shifted or adj ustcd in the loop. The end of the projection isrounded or bevelcd to facilitate its'disengagement from.theindentations. The cuff is readily adjusted to expose it to a greater orless degree by pulling it outwardly or pushing it inwardly, theadjustingbar being shifted with the cuff and automatically locked in theloop or sleeve D by the projection of the spring-tongue. By bending backthe front portion of the adjusting-bar C and arranging the button 0thereof at the end of the bent portion, as illustrated in the drawings,the bar may be shifted inwardlynntil its bend strikes the loop D,thereby considerably increasing the range of adjustment of the holder.Upon removing the cuff the bar 0, which remains attached to the end, iswithdrawn from the loop or sleeve D, the latter remaining in thewristband. In putting on the cuff the same is turned so as to bring thebar C in register with the loop D, and the bar is then passed throughthe loop.

The loop D, when not used as a part of the cuff-holder, forms a sightlybutton for the wristband and takes the place of the ordinarysleeve-button employed for' connecting the ends of the band. As theadjusting-bar of the holder is carried by the cuff and removedtherewith, no parts remain attached to the shirt-sleeve or wristbandwhich are in the way or cause annoyance to the wearer.

I claim as my invention 1. In a cuff-holder, the combination, with a baror shank provided near one of its ends with a stud or button adapted toengage with the button-hole of a cult and with a series of indentationsor openings arranged lengthwise on the face of said shank, of a loop inwhich the shank is adjustably and removably secured, a spring-catcharranged on said loop and engaging with the indentations of the shank,and a stud or button formed on the rear side of said loop and forming asleevebutton for connecting the ends of the wristband, substantially asset forth.

2. In a cutfiholder, the combination, with a loop having a button and aspring-tongue formed integral therewith and provided with a projection,of an adjustable bar or shank arranged in said loop and provided with abutton and with a series of indentations or openings in which theprojection of the springtongue engages, substantially as set forth.

3. In a cuff-holder, the combination, with the loop having a button anda spring-catch, of a bar or shank adjustably arranged in said loop andhaving a series of indentations, and a button formed integral therewithand composed of two reverse tongues cutout of the bar and bent upwardlyto form the shank of the button and thence outwardly in oppositedirections to form the head thereof, substantially as set forth.

\Vitness my hand this 5th day of March,

- HENRY II. BAKER, JR.

Witnesses:

CARL F. GEYER, FRED. (J. GEYER.

